The year 2003 represented a peak in the resource allocation made to Article 5 countries at a time when they were taking measures to comply with the freeze on CFCs, halons, methyl bromide and methyl chloroform and were preparing for the 2005 interim reductions. The Executive Committee had allocated $224 million for 2003, $191 million for 2004 and $158 million for 2005 so as to use as much of the replenishment as soon as possible to enable the early approval of projects to facilitate compliance.
El representante del Japón explicó que, al igual que había sucedido en el último intento de nombramiento, el procedimiento que se estaba utilizando para nombrar a un Oficial Jefe había perjudicado la labor del Comité Ejecutivo, del PNUMA y de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas y absorbido una enorme cantidad de recursos.